The Gallery on Main Street by Christiane France

Author:Christiane France
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: M/M Contemporary, Source: Amazon
ISBN: 9781602724198
Publisher: Amber Quill Press/Amber Allure
Published: 2008-11-01T00:00:00+00:00

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The new club is everything I'd heard it was and more. Sleek and sophisticated, it's the kind of place I'd expect to find in New York or LA rather than in a small, blue-collar town on the edge of one of the Great Lakes. The furniture and fittings are all black and brushed steel, while the walls are covered with erotic graffiti, pinpointed by concealed spotlights in the ceiling, and the soft, relaxing music gives the room a dream-like quality.

The lighting itself is dim, and it takes a moment for my eyes to adjust. When they do, I see there are intimate tables for two with banquette seating in small alcoves around the room. I also see the place is jumping with high-end customers, a.k.a. the shirt-and-tie gang, and I'm glad I'm wearing my new designer jeans and high-priced Italian loafers.

As Simon steers me to one of the tables, he exchanges greetings with the bartender and at least half a dozen of the customers, and I realize he's far from the shy, aloof character hiding in the shadows the way I've lead myself to believe. This guy shows all the signs of being a regular mover and shaker, and after everything that's happened so far this evening, my feelings about him are undergoing a radical re-assessment. Already, I like him a whole lot better. And if the way one of the customers has just grabbed him and is trying to kiss him on the lips is anything to go by, the evening promises to be a real eye-opener.

Simon pushes the guy off. "Down, boy," he says with a laugh. "Can't you see I'm busy?"

"Some other time, perhaps?"

"We'll see," Simon replies, keeping his smile in place.

"You know him?" I ask, trying to ignore a tiny twinge of jealousy, as we sit down at the table, and Simon signals to a waiter.

"Only as one of the regulars here."

"And?"

"Looks to me like he's had too much to drink."

The waiter arrives, and we both order steaks and beer. While we're eating, we talk about a dozen different things. Simon tells me a little about life on the west coast, and I tell him about some of the different jobs I've had.

I kinda thought after everything that had happened earlier--the way Simon held me in the alley and the heated looks we've exchanged--maybe after dinner and a couple of drinks the evening had a chance of mutating into something more. But then, just as I'm about to give up hope, it happens.

The lights dim even further, until the room is dark as sin, and it's only the spotlights highlighting the walls. The volume of the music increases, and Simon takes my hand, urging me on to the tiny dance floor a few feet away.

The room disappears as I close my eyes and give myself up to the moment, the music and the man. I'm caught up somewhere between wide awake and dreaming. I know my most outrageous desires are about to come

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